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most teams are 1/4 to 1/3 of the way thru their schedule for 2016-17 and already there's talk of what coaches are on the "HOT SEAT"
Certainly the one we have been hearing the most about here in Illinois is the Illini's John Groce, although I think his solid 2017 recruiting class with Jeremiah Tilmon may have cooled the hot seat a little.
Anyway - concentrating on the MVC there are always a couple coaches on or near the hot seat..
-the one that was hottest was at Drake, but Ray Giacoletti is now gone so it waits to be seen if Drake hires a permanent head coach before the end of the season or do they just go with their interim then hire in the spring.
Certainly it makes it VERY HARD to recruit if nobody knows who the head coach is gonna be, so they need to be looking and thinking RIGHT NOW.
-Seems Barry Hinson's name comes up every year whether he's at Missouri State or, as now, at SIU.
One thing that is really, really STOOPID for the Saluki fans is that they ALWAYS seem to have a "Fire Barry Hinson" thread right at the top of their fan message board.
SERIOUSLY - they have to know that any and ALL future recruits (or their parents) always check what the fans are doing/saying when they are being recruited by a certain school. We know for a fact that many recruits & their families and frequented BradleyFans.com and some have even posted under somewhat anonymous names.
Anyway - how stupid is it to hurt the very team you claim to be a fan of by posting or continuing a thread titled "Fire Barry Hinson"!!!
Those ignorant fans need to get a clue.
also - Barry Hinson is still signed thru AT LEAST 2018 - and maybe 1-2 years longer as there's a rumor he got an extension after his Coach of the Year award in 2016. So if his finish for 2016-17 is bad enough, expect him to be on a really hot seat this spring...it took a Coach of the Year award in 2016 to keep him there.
-Evansville's Marty Simmons' name gets mentioned on the hot seat occasionally but a very good year in 2015-16 has now earned Marty an extension through reportedly 2019 or 2020, making it next to impossible that he'd be fired any time soon.
-then the last guy on or near the hot seat would be Missouri State's Paul Lusk. But, despite some fans' calls to head a different direction, Lusk was given a long contract extension thru at least 2019, then in March of 2016 was given a strong "vote of confidence" by his administration - so I doubt he's going anywhere for at least a couple years.
-then the rest - BU, ISU, Loyola, InSU, UNI, and Wichita, are all doing well enough or just recently hired and are almost certainly all safe.
Certainly the one we have been hearing the most about here in Illinois is the Illini's John Groce, although I think his solid 2017 recruiting class with Jeremiah Tilmon may have cooled the hot seat a little.
Anyway - concentrating on the MVC there are always a couple coaches on or near the hot seat..
-the one that was hottest was at Drake, but Ray Giacoletti is now gone so it waits to be seen if Drake hires a permanent head coach before the end of the season or do they just go with their interim then hire in the spring.
Certainly it makes it VERY HARD to recruit if nobody knows who the head coach is gonna be, so they need to be looking and thinking RIGHT NOW.
-Seems Barry Hinson's name comes up every year whether he's at Missouri State or, as now, at SIU.
One thing that is really, really STOOPID for the Saluki fans is that they ALWAYS seem to have a "Fire Barry Hinson" thread right at the top of their fan message board.
SERIOUSLY - they have to know that any and ALL future recruits (or their parents) always check what the fans are doing/saying when they are being recruited by a certain school. We know for a fact that many recruits & their families and frequented BradleyFans.com and some have even posted under somewhat anonymous names.
Anyway - how stupid is it to hurt the very team you claim to be a fan of by posting or continuing a thread titled "Fire Barry Hinson"!!!
Those ignorant fans need to get a clue.
also - Barry Hinson is still signed thru AT LEAST 2018 - and maybe 1-2 years longer as there's a rumor he got an extension after his Coach of the Year award in 2016. So if his finish for 2016-17 is bad enough, expect him to be on a really hot seat this spring...it took a Coach of the Year award in 2016 to keep him there.
-Evansville's Marty Simmons' name gets mentioned on the hot seat occasionally but a very good year in 2015-16 has now earned Marty an extension through reportedly 2019 or 2020, making it next to impossible that he'd be fired any time soon.
-then the last guy on or near the hot seat would be Missouri State's Paul Lusk. But, despite some fans' calls to head a different direction, Lusk was given a long contract extension thru at least 2019, then in March of 2016 was given a strong "vote of confidence" by his administration - so I doubt he's going anywhere for at least a couple years.
-then the rest - BU, ISU, Loyola, InSU, UNI, and Wichita, are all doing well enough or just recently hired and are almost certainly all safe.
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